Globivasum gurabicum
| Globivasum gurabicum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Caenogastropoda |
| Order: | Neogastropoda |
| Superfamily: | Turbinelloidea |
| Family: | Vasidae |
| Genus: | Globivasum |
| Species: | †G. gurabicum
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| Binomial name | |
| †Globivasum gurabicum (Maury 1917)
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Globivasum gurabicum (original: Vasum dominicense var. gurabicum[1]) is an extinct species of medium to large sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Vasidae.[2][3]
Description
The height of the shell: 37 mm, its diameter 24 mm.
Distribution
Fossils of this marine species have been found in Miocene and Pliocene strata of the Dominican Republic. (age range: 5.332 to 3.6 Ma)
References
- ^ Maury, C. J. (March–April 1917). Written at Cornell University. Bulletins of American paleontology. Vol. v.5:no.22-30 (1911-1917:Nov.-June). Ithaca, New York: Paleontological Research Institution. pp. 84(248), pl. 13(39) fig. 7. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
- ^ Globivasum elongatum (E. H. Vokes. 1970). 13 February 2026). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
- ^ Fossilworks: Vasum gurabicum
- E. H. Vokes. 1998. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 18. The Superfamily Volutacea (in part) (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Bulletins of American Paleontology 113(354):1-54
External links
- Vermeij, G.J. (2024). "Shell-based genus-level reclassification of the family Vasidae (Mollusca: Neogastropoda)". Zootaxa. 5405 (4). Retrieved 13 February 2026.